I kept a few core methods (e.g., exact_core and apply_core). Reason:
if we use default parameters
meta constant exact (e : expr) (md := semireducible) : tactic unit
then, we will not be able to write
to_expr p >>= exact
The workaround is
do t <- to_expr p, exact t
or
to_expr p >>= (fun x, exact x)
One alternative is to change how we handle default parameters, and
eta-expand applications that involve default parameters.
We may also have an attribute [eta_expand]. Then
attribute [eta_expand] foo
instructs the elaborator to automatically eta-expand foo-applications.
The attribute would give users more control, and avoid potential
performance problems. Without the attribute, then for every function
application the elaborator has to check the type and decide whether it
must be eta-expanded or not.
@gebner @kha What do you think?
- `eval_expr` instantiate assigned metavariables occuring in the input
expression.
- Rename pp.instantiate_goal_mvars to pp.instantiate_mvars
- `format_expr` also instantiates assigned metavariables before pretty printing
when pp.instantiate_mvars is set to true.
eval_expr creates auxiliary definitions in the VM. These auxiliary
definitions are gone after the VM finishes.
We store vm_obj's in the attribute_manager.
Before this commit, Lean was crashing in the following scenario:
1- A new caching_user_attribute is defined, and the user data structure
contains closures.
2- The closures are created using eval_expr.
3- When reusing the cached values, the system crashes when trying
to apply a closure created using eval_expr. The closure points to
an auxiliary definition that has already been deleted.
The new test exposes the problem. This is not a hypothetical scenario,
the new test is based on the Lean - Mathematica integration being
developed by @rlewis1988.
The fix consists in making sure we do not cache anything if
the VM environment has been updated by eval_expr.
I believe this is acceptable behavior. eval_expr is a very low level
tactic, and I don't see a good motivation for invoking it when
constructing the cache.
BTW, the test can be relaxed if the vm_attr does not contain closures.
However, it doesn't seem to pay off.
Another potential fix would be to propagate the definitions created
by eval_expr to the main environment. However, I think this is not
acceptable.
We will be flooding the main environment with useless temporary definitions
created by `eval_expr`.
This commit also stores the environment at caching time, and make
sure the cache is only reused if the current environment is a descendant
of the the one at caching time. This is fixing a different potential
bug.
@joehendrix This commit is implementing the matcher that postpones
implicit arguments. The lemma get_data_mk_byte can be proved without
using any hacks in the type_context unifier.
I also added the trace class: simplify.implicit_failure
If we use the command
set_option trace.simplify.implicit_failure true
Then, the simplifier will generate a diagnostic message every time it
succeeds in the explicit part, but fails in the implicit one.
Please feel free to suggest a better name to his option.
BTW, we can now easily extend the matcher with additional features.
I'm wondering if we will eventually want to write some of these
extensions in Lean.
Summary:
We minimize the number of "'sorry' used warning messages". We also
re-target the error to the main declaration. Example: foo._main ==> foo
We do not report for auxiliary declarations such as "_example" and
"foo.equations._eqn_1"
Get rid of the redundant error message "error : failed" for tactics.
We added "silent failures" in the tactic framework.
We do not store line/col information for tactics nested in notation
declarations. Before this commit, we would have tactics such
as (tactic.save_info line col) nested inside of notation declarations.
@johoelzl We now produce a better message for your example:
inductive R : ℕ → Prop
| pos : ∀p n, R (p + n)
lemma R_id : ∀n, R n → R n
| (.p + .n) (R.pos p n) := R.pos p n
The new error is:
file.lean:5:2: error: invalid function application in pattern, it cannot be reduced to a constructor (possible solution, mark term as inaccessible using '.( )')
.p + .n
